Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SSH Denial of Service Vulnerability (Cisco Cisco IOS)

CVE-2022-20920
HIGH 7.7

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.95 % · percentile 61 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
cisco
NVD status
Modified

Description

A vulnerability in the SSH implementation of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of resources during an exceptional situation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by continuously connecting to an affected device and sending specific SSH requests. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hcisco
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Cisco · Cisco IOSaffected n/a

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD